AN- I have re moved this fic and reposted it in hopes of gathering new
readers. I Promise I will update this fic more often, I have had major
writers block but I think it's gone now. So, this is how it goes for those
who haven't read this fic yet. All the characters are going to be in here,
I just have a different way of writing the story with a few little twists.
It takes place near the end of the Destiny War and Hitomi hasn't been
helping (you'll see what I mean). This is an AU fic so bare with me! Please
read and review telling me how I did. Arigatou!
"words" = someone speaking
'words' = someone thinking
words = you'll find out
Disclaimer- I do not own Escaflowne or any of it's characters. Too bad :'(
The Love Of Family
Chapter 1
"Help! Please, help us!" A voice off in the distance yelled.
"Did you hear dat sister? Sounds wike someones in twouble again." The little five year old boy stated in his little baby voice.
"Yes, Mamoru, it does. Let's go see what's wrong." His fifteen year old sister said.
As they started heading in the direction of the crys for help they heard a horrible scream.
"Hurry, Hitomi! Mamoru called, already far ahead of his sister, running at full speed, dodging trees along the way.
'For such a little boy he sure is getting fast!' Hitomi thought, watching Mamoru from behind, his short brown hair being blown back. She could feel her own boyish-styled brown hair doing the same as she sprinted through the forest. Her long robes also fluttered behind her. Hitomi then saw her brother quietly hide behind a bush, watching what was going on in the clearing in front of them. Hitomi caught up and knelt beside her brother, watching what he was.
"Oh-no." Hitomi whispered, seeing a man lying on the ground with a pool of blood slowly forming around him. Beside him sat a woman crying hysterically, with a trembling little girl around Mamoru's age clenched to her skirt. "That must be his family." She sadly whispered as she hugged her little brother.
"We have to help dem, Hitomi. We have to make dat bad man go away." Mamoru whispered, pointing at the grinning swordsman holding the bloody sword.
"Get up!" He ordered the girl and her mother, but the two stayed where they were, crying.
"Hitomi!" Mamoru whispered.
"Okay," She said, drawing her sword and putting up her sword so no one could see her face. "Go around, without being seen, and wait until I tell you to get them out of here."
With that said, Mamoru crept from bush to bush until he got to the other side of the clearing. As he was doing that, Hitomi jumped out from behind the bushes just as the swordsman was about to grab the girl.
"Stop!" Hitomi yelled in a low tone of voice, trying to hide the fact that she's a girl. "Leave that family alone! Haven't you caused enough pain?" Hitomi gestured to the dying man.
"By order of the Zaibach Emporer, any travelers wandering these parts must be imprisoned. That includes you. Those who refuse must be taken-care-of." The swordsman evilly smiled at what he had done.
"Zaibach?" Hitomi asked in confusion at never hearing of them before. Now that she was closer she could see that the swordsman was a soldier, but not very high ranked by the look of his uniform.
"Yes Zaibach. We are fighting against Fanalia so that we can alter the fate of Gaia to our likings without that miserable king getting in our way!"
"Monster!" The woman screamed, "You can't control fate! Everyone chooses their own fate!"
Hitomi nodded in agreement. Just then the little girl screamed as the soldier was about to strike the woman for her remark. Hitomi saw this as her cue to attack. Seeing the cloaked swordsman come charging at him, the soldier quickly blocked the attack. (AN- no one knows it's a girl under the robes so everyone assumes she's a guy, since swords-women aren't so common)
As the two fought, Hitomi spoke with Mamoru through her mind, Mamoru, now. Get them away from here while I take care of him! Hitomi then saw her brother come out from behind the bushes and quietly walk towards the family.
'Good, now all I have to do is keep him distracted long enough so that they can get away.' Hitomi thought as she kept up the fight with the soldier.
Since Hitomi was incredibly skilled at swordsmanship (especially since she taught herself through the many fights she's been in helping others as well as her little brother through the years) it was easy keeping this rookie soldier distracted.
Meanwhile, Mamoru was trying to reach the family without being noticed by the soldier. 'Okay, gotta be bwave, like Hitomi. She wants me to do dis, I can do dis.' Mamoru thought to him self, trying to build up his confidence. "Psst! Hey, dis way! Come wiff me!
"Who are you?" The woman asked, still sobbing.
"I'm h-his wittle bwother." Mamoru replied quietly, pointing at Hitomi. He remembered Hitomi saying that whenever she has her hood covering her head she was pretending to be a boy. "We have to weave here if we want to be out of da way of danger." Mamoru was trying so hard to be grown-up.
"C-come on m-mommy" The little girl said through her sobs as she walked up to Mamoru. Her mother nodded and dragged her husband, following the little boy. After they couldn't see the fight any more they stopped. Mamoru looked from the little girl to the woman to to the bleeding man who was hardly breathing and felt sorry for them. He and Hitomi never knew their parents and each other was all they had. It's been like that all his life and he thought that's how it'll be forever. He thought that no one else would ever love him. Hitomi then spoke to him, interrupting his thoughts.
Good job, Mamoru. Now wait for me.
Okay, hurry. He replied back. They've been able to communicate like that all their lives but he didn't know why. That is why they are traveling, to find out who they are and if they have any family. "Now we wait." He told the crying family.
"For what?" The woman asked.
"My bwother."
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"No more playing! Now you die!" Hitomi yelled, and before the soldier could react she slit his throat with one swish of her sword. As she wiped the blood off her sword, she took one last look at the dead soldier before heading off to find her brother.
"You're okay!" Mamoru cried excitedly as he ran into Hitomi's arms. Hitomi gave her little brother a hug before walking towards the injured man. She knelt beside him, looking at the wound in his side.
"He was trying to drive that Zaibach soldier away from us." The woman cried.
Hitomi nodded a the woman, then placed her hand on the man's cut. After a moment of concentrating, a blue light emmited from Hitomi's hand and surrounded the man's body. As she was doing this both the woman and the girl gasped. The woman asked Mamoru what she was doing.
"Don't worry, he's going to be okay."
A couple more minutes went by, then suddenly the man sat up, looking extremely confused.
"Where am I? Where's the soldier?" He asked, frantically looking around.
"He's gone." The woman said in disbelief.
"Daddy!" The girl cried, running up to her father. The woman did the same.
"We thought you were dead!" After the woman caught her breath, she explained what happened to her husband.
"Well, it seems I owe you my life, young men." He said shaking Hitomi's hand, then Mamoru's, who was being held by his sister.
"Well, I can't accept your life." Hitomi said in her deep voice, still pretending to be a guy.
"Then I hope you can accept this." The woman said as she handed Mamoru quite a bit of money.
"Wow, thanks" They said as Mamoru handed the money to Hitomi to put it in her pouch. "I do have a question, though. Which way is Fanalia?" After Hitomi asked this she regretted doing so because of the looks she was given.
"You don't want to go there, my friends. There's a war going on in Fanalia. Which is why we are leaving." The woman said, terror in her eyes.
"We need to go to Fanalia, to help with the war.
"Alright," The man said in a defeated tone, "If you head in that direction you should reach Fanalia by morning."
"Thank-you." Hitomi and Mamoru said, as Hitomi started walking in the direction the man pointing with her brother now on her shoulders.
"One more thing." The man called to them. Hitomi stopped and turned to face them. "You healed me, does that mean you're a sorcerer?"
Hitomi turned and continued walking. "Something like that." Her voice echoed, since she was too deep in the forest to be seen.
AN - So, Hitomi is a swords woman with magical powers. That must mean Mamoru has some magic as well, if he can communicate with Hitomi through his mind. And what does Hitomi mean by "Something like that."? Review and tell me what you think and if I should put up another chapter or just let it die. (personally think it's okay for my VERY FIRST ONE!) Arigatou, ja ne!
"words" = someone speaking
'words' = someone thinking
words = you'll find out
Disclaimer- I do not own Escaflowne or any of it's characters. Too bad :'(
The Love Of Family
Chapter 1
"Help! Please, help us!" A voice off in the distance yelled.
"Did you hear dat sister? Sounds wike someones in twouble again." The little five year old boy stated in his little baby voice.
"Yes, Mamoru, it does. Let's go see what's wrong." His fifteen year old sister said.
As they started heading in the direction of the crys for help they heard a horrible scream.
"Hurry, Hitomi! Mamoru called, already far ahead of his sister, running at full speed, dodging trees along the way.
'For such a little boy he sure is getting fast!' Hitomi thought, watching Mamoru from behind, his short brown hair being blown back. She could feel her own boyish-styled brown hair doing the same as she sprinted through the forest. Her long robes also fluttered behind her. Hitomi then saw her brother quietly hide behind a bush, watching what was going on in the clearing in front of them. Hitomi caught up and knelt beside her brother, watching what he was.
"Oh-no." Hitomi whispered, seeing a man lying on the ground with a pool of blood slowly forming around him. Beside him sat a woman crying hysterically, with a trembling little girl around Mamoru's age clenched to her skirt. "That must be his family." She sadly whispered as she hugged her little brother.
"We have to help dem, Hitomi. We have to make dat bad man go away." Mamoru whispered, pointing at the grinning swordsman holding the bloody sword.
"Get up!" He ordered the girl and her mother, but the two stayed where they were, crying.
"Hitomi!" Mamoru whispered.
"Okay," She said, drawing her sword and putting up her sword so no one could see her face. "Go around, without being seen, and wait until I tell you to get them out of here."
With that said, Mamoru crept from bush to bush until he got to the other side of the clearing. As he was doing that, Hitomi jumped out from behind the bushes just as the swordsman was about to grab the girl.
"Stop!" Hitomi yelled in a low tone of voice, trying to hide the fact that she's a girl. "Leave that family alone! Haven't you caused enough pain?" Hitomi gestured to the dying man.
"By order of the Zaibach Emporer, any travelers wandering these parts must be imprisoned. That includes you. Those who refuse must be taken-care-of." The swordsman evilly smiled at what he had done.
"Zaibach?" Hitomi asked in confusion at never hearing of them before. Now that she was closer she could see that the swordsman was a soldier, but not very high ranked by the look of his uniform.
"Yes Zaibach. We are fighting against Fanalia so that we can alter the fate of Gaia to our likings without that miserable king getting in our way!"
"Monster!" The woman screamed, "You can't control fate! Everyone chooses their own fate!"
Hitomi nodded in agreement. Just then the little girl screamed as the soldier was about to strike the woman for her remark. Hitomi saw this as her cue to attack. Seeing the cloaked swordsman come charging at him, the soldier quickly blocked the attack. (AN- no one knows it's a girl under the robes so everyone assumes she's a guy, since swords-women aren't so common)
As the two fought, Hitomi spoke with Mamoru through her mind, Mamoru, now. Get them away from here while I take care of him! Hitomi then saw her brother come out from behind the bushes and quietly walk towards the family.
'Good, now all I have to do is keep him distracted long enough so that they can get away.' Hitomi thought as she kept up the fight with the soldier.
Since Hitomi was incredibly skilled at swordsmanship (especially since she taught herself through the many fights she's been in helping others as well as her little brother through the years) it was easy keeping this rookie soldier distracted.
Meanwhile, Mamoru was trying to reach the family without being noticed by the soldier. 'Okay, gotta be bwave, like Hitomi. She wants me to do dis, I can do dis.' Mamoru thought to him self, trying to build up his confidence. "Psst! Hey, dis way! Come wiff me!
"Who are you?" The woman asked, still sobbing.
"I'm h-his wittle bwother." Mamoru replied quietly, pointing at Hitomi. He remembered Hitomi saying that whenever she has her hood covering her head she was pretending to be a boy. "We have to weave here if we want to be out of da way of danger." Mamoru was trying so hard to be grown-up.
"C-come on m-mommy" The little girl said through her sobs as she walked up to Mamoru. Her mother nodded and dragged her husband, following the little boy. After they couldn't see the fight any more they stopped. Mamoru looked from the little girl to the woman to to the bleeding man who was hardly breathing and felt sorry for them. He and Hitomi never knew their parents and each other was all they had. It's been like that all his life and he thought that's how it'll be forever. He thought that no one else would ever love him. Hitomi then spoke to him, interrupting his thoughts.
Good job, Mamoru. Now wait for me.
Okay, hurry. He replied back. They've been able to communicate like that all their lives but he didn't know why. That is why they are traveling, to find out who they are and if they have any family. "Now we wait." He told the crying family.
"For what?" The woman asked.
"My bwother."
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"No more playing! Now you die!" Hitomi yelled, and before the soldier could react she slit his throat with one swish of her sword. As she wiped the blood off her sword, she took one last look at the dead soldier before heading off to find her brother.
"You're okay!" Mamoru cried excitedly as he ran into Hitomi's arms. Hitomi gave her little brother a hug before walking towards the injured man. She knelt beside him, looking at the wound in his side.
"He was trying to drive that Zaibach soldier away from us." The woman cried.
Hitomi nodded a the woman, then placed her hand on the man's cut. After a moment of concentrating, a blue light emmited from Hitomi's hand and surrounded the man's body. As she was doing this both the woman and the girl gasped. The woman asked Mamoru what she was doing.
"Don't worry, he's going to be okay."
A couple more minutes went by, then suddenly the man sat up, looking extremely confused.
"Where am I? Where's the soldier?" He asked, frantically looking around.
"He's gone." The woman said in disbelief.
"Daddy!" The girl cried, running up to her father. The woman did the same.
"We thought you were dead!" After the woman caught her breath, she explained what happened to her husband.
"Well, it seems I owe you my life, young men." He said shaking Hitomi's hand, then Mamoru's, who was being held by his sister.
"Well, I can't accept your life." Hitomi said in her deep voice, still pretending to be a guy.
"Then I hope you can accept this." The woman said as she handed Mamoru quite a bit of money.
"Wow, thanks" They said as Mamoru handed the money to Hitomi to put it in her pouch. "I do have a question, though. Which way is Fanalia?" After Hitomi asked this she regretted doing so because of the looks she was given.
"You don't want to go there, my friends. There's a war going on in Fanalia. Which is why we are leaving." The woman said, terror in her eyes.
"We need to go to Fanalia, to help with the war.
"Alright," The man said in a defeated tone, "If you head in that direction you should reach Fanalia by morning."
"Thank-you." Hitomi and Mamoru said, as Hitomi started walking in the direction the man pointing with her brother now on her shoulders.
"One more thing." The man called to them. Hitomi stopped and turned to face them. "You healed me, does that mean you're a sorcerer?"
Hitomi turned and continued walking. "Something like that." Her voice echoed, since she was too deep in the forest to be seen.
AN - So, Hitomi is a swords woman with magical powers. That must mean Mamoru has some magic as well, if he can communicate with Hitomi through his mind. And what does Hitomi mean by "Something like that."? Review and tell me what you think and if I should put up another chapter or just let it die. (personally think it's okay for my VERY FIRST ONE!) Arigatou, ja ne!